topic New Spark Build released in Spark Firewall (SMB)

New Spark Build released

genisis__ — Wed, 27 May 2026 08:28:59 GMT

Morning Guys,

Been working with a great TAC engineer "Itay" on resolving some pretty serious issues I've faced with the 2000 series spark appliances.

After some work with Itay and testing a private build, my specific installation has been rock solid for nearly a month now. I did also point out some minor issues which I believe have also been addresses in to the new build release.

R82.00.10 Build 998002203
https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk184357

Hopefully this will address a number of issues for the community, and if not please ensure a TAC case is raised..the guys in TAC will help to resolve the issues.

Re: New Spark Build released

PhoneBoy — Wed, 27 May 2026 16:49:57 GMT

Note that this release also includes some security fixes: https://blog.checkpoint.com/security/check-point-frontier-ai-models-readiness-program-security-update/

Re: New Spark Build released

genisis__ — Wed, 27 May 2026 16:59:48 GMT

I believe these are also included in the R82 JHFA103, just released.

Re: New Spark Build released

Daniel_Toader — Wed, 27 May 2026 22:37:44 GMT

Hello , you test in cluster 2000? I have problem with cluster 1900, one of the problems was that it didn't swing from one node to another, and the second problem was that it randomly crashed after a few dozen hours, it's about 20 clusters, model 1900 ,thank you !

Re: New Spark Build released

PhoneBoy — Thu, 28 May 2026 00:11:05 GMT

Yes, they should be.

Re: New Spark Build released

genisis__ — Thu, 28 May 2026 06:53:49 GMT

One of the issues I had is the active node would basically just hang from a inband management view (I've already suggested to Checkpoint TAC that the designs of the Spark appliances should have include LOM option, considering these are designed to be in remote offices), and not fail-over, so it sounds similar to what you experienced.
Clearly I can only comments on my experience, but the private build I had seemed to do the job. I've now installed the GA build.

Re: New Spark Build released

Tom_Hinoue — Thu, 28 May 2026 09:51:32 GMT

Thanks for sharing the feedback! And yes, I agree I enjoy working with Itay as well 😉
It's a good reference to consider migrating our customers gateway from R81.10.X to R82.

Is is just me that the WEBUI responsiveness has improved in Build 2203? 😀

Re: New Spark Build released

sigal — Thu, 28 May 2026 09:54:14 GMT

Hi Daniel,
If the cluster failover issue is not resolved after upgrading to latest build then please issue support ticket and send me its number so I can work with you on the resolution.

Thanks.

Re: New Spark Build released

ohadp — Thu, 28 May 2026 10:56:14 GMT

Hi Daniel,

Yes, we tested it on 2000 devices and 1900 devices as well.
Please upgrade to the latest GA version and check again. If the issue still occurs after the upgrade, please contact me at

ohadp@checkpoint.com

Ohad